Test Taking Strategies

Just like athletes, students can choke or crush expectations when the time comes to prove themselves. Studying hard does little if you cannot perform at an optimal level when the test comes around, which makes your mental state and test taking skills crucial to succeeding. Use our tips for preparing your mind and body, and for excelling during exams, to boost your scores.

More often than not on midterms and finals in my three years at an Ivy League school, I have set the curve. I received a 35 on the ACT and over 2300 on the SAT. Though I have certainly been lucky in my innate abilities, I also know many people who are smarter, harder working, or both than I am who do not perform nearly as well as I do. The following is my guidance on how I take tests, and I firmly believe that my approach is what allows me to do so well, so consistently in a variety of subjects... Read On

It is incredible to me how, even at the college level, many students still see learning as a linear function of time. By this I mean that they approach learning as a process that simply happens when you sit down with the material, and that throwing time at a subject is the only way to improve understanding and recollection. Learning is a complex mental process ​that humans are only just beginning to understand, but from what has been uncovered one thing is abundantly clear... Read On